God desires us to be in the whole, not just to be saved, but to be whole and healed. He wants to take all the broken and locked up parts of our hearts so we experience true freedom. He gives us beauty for ashes.
This is the message that has been on my heart. Coming onto this trip I had no idea what to expect, I was just willing and open to whatever the Spirit wanted to do in me. I felt like God has just picked me up and dropped me into this place with unfamiliar people and unfamiliar situations where I have no control. The past few days have been a journey of learning how to submit to leadership, to chose to trust the community that God has placed me and ultimately to trust in God. He knows what He is doing.
I arrived in Atlanta this past Monday. After a few hours of just sitting around at the airport we were sent on a “hunt” to go around the city to find our way to the Safehouse. After dinner, we were surprised again with a night spent in the streets of Atlanta. It was difficult for me to let go of control, to know that the next 3 months I have to really learn (not just in theory, but in action) to be in true community. That there will be plenty of times where I won’t know what’s next, but I just have to trust and follow. It’s an exciting time, but a very humbling time. I feel like God is teaching me how to die to myself completely so I can find fullness of life through Him.
